Mining Incidents

CR10: 19 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Grand Junction, Mesa County, CO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0504887

CR10 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
19
citations
3
significant & substantial
$3,708
proposed penalties
$3,148
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $560 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
30
inspections on record
303
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 303 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2026-04-02.
On record since 2026.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

CR10 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$4K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$4
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $598 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
16.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
16.7%
reasonably likely or greater
44.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.1% low, 88.9% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 16% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
50%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
48%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $598 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2016-06-14.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2016-0542 Settlement Manning 2017 $1K → $598
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2026-04-02
20%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz71 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg9
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (17)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2015-01-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.57 0.51 1.12 Laborer, Bullgang
2026-04-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-04-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-04-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2025-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-08-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.87 0.17 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-03-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.87 0.37 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2020-05-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-05-12 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 Truck Driver
2019-03-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-03-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 Laborer, Bullgang
2016-04-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.89 0.19 Laborer, Bullgang
2013-12-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Welder, etc.
2013-12-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2010-03-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-03-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.54 0.28 Laborer, Bullgang
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Oldcastle SW Group, Inc. 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 5
2024 4
2023 4
2022 5
2021 6
2020 6
2019 5
2018 5
2017 6
2016 6
2015 1
2014 1
2013 2
2012 2
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 5
2007 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CR10 sits in Mesa County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 2.0% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Mesa County, Colorado · Population 157,316
2.0%
Mining share of county employment
$71,485
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 2,041 1 1 490.0
2026 Q1 1,304 2 0 1533.7
2025 Q4 1,939 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,237 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,393 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 674 1 0 1483.7
2024 Q4 2,941 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,419 0 0 0.0
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,945 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,467 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,731 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,534 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,792 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,989 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,538 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,891 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,371 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,445 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,843 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,076 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,071 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,943 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,316 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,320 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,570 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,570 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,570 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,717 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,717 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,717 2 0 1164.8
2018 Q4 2,035 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,260 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,260 1 0 306.7
2018 Q1 2,587 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,018 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,903 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,938 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,276 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,781 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,359 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,556 4 1 1124.9
2016 Q1 3,478 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 710 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 825 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 886 1 0 1128.7
2015 Q1 878 1 0 1139.0
2014 Q4 612 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 672 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 743 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 450 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 462 1 0 2164.5
2013 Q3 924 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,182 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 510 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 368 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 933 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,631 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,321 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 900 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,404 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,055 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 749 1 0 1335.1
2010 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,656 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,463 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 533 1 0 1876.2
2009 Q4 527 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,100 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,351 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 862 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,659 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,067 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,534 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,097 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 501 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.